Author: Conciones et orationes ex historicis latinis excerptae
Title: Conciones et orationes ex historicis latinis excerptae. Argumenta singulis praefixa sunt, quae causam cujusque & summam ex rei gestae occasione explicant. Opus recognitum recensitumque in usum scholarum Hollandiae & Westfrisiae. Ex decreto Illustriss. D.D. Ordinum ejusdem provinciae.
Description: Amstelodami: apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1652. 12mo. [12], 420, [12]p. Printer's device on title-page. With an additional, engraved title-page dated 1653 and signed 'S Saurij'. 19th-century diced gold-tooled calf; covers decorated with a double gold fillet and blind roll border; four spine compartments decorated with an ornament in blind; gold-tooled title on spine; gilt turn-ins. Edges of pages marbled. Buff coloured endpapers. Corners slightly rubbed and leather at front joint cracked - otherwise the binding is in very good condition. Very occasional early 'nota' marks in text. Orationes selected from Sallust, Livy, Tacitus, and Quintus Curtius. Revised edition of 16th-century collections selected by Joachim Périon and Henri Estienne.

Keywords: Latin, orations, Elzevier Press, rare books, school books, Joachim Périon, Henri Estienne


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